Behavior processing method and device based on application program

ABSTRACT

The disclosure discloses a behavior processing method and device based on application program. The method comprises: when a startup operation of an application program is detected, acquiring behavior authorization information corresponding to the application program; monitoring behavior information of the application program; and processing the behavior information according to the behavior authorization information. An embodiment of the disclosure monitors an application program taking a single behavior as an authorization unit by configuring authorization information for behaviors, thus avoiding monitoring leaks caused by uniform configuration of authorization for the application program in a whitelist and a backlist, so as to realize fine-gained authorization control, enhance the strength of protection, reduce potential threats, and also make it possible to reduce a false alarm rate.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is the national stage of International Application No.PCT/CN2015/095454 filed Nov. 24, 2015, which is based upon and claimspriority to Chinese Patent Application No. CN201410784726.9, filed Dec.16, 2014, the entire contents of all of which are incorporated herein byreference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The disclosure relates to the technical field of application programs,and in particular to a behavior processing method based on applicationprogram and a behavior processing device based on application program.

BACKGROUND

With the continuous development of Internet technology, people havedeveloped various application programs with rich functions, such asinstant messaging tools, audio players, video players, calendar toolsand so on, which bring many convenience to people's life.

For various reasons, application programs always will have certainleaks, with use of which viruses, Trojan horse or malicious code canmanipulate the application programs to perform illegal abuse, also or,the application programs themselves perform some dangerous behaviors forsome illegal purposes.

Furthermore, behaviors of the application programs possibly willendanger the integrity, confidentiality, usability and controllabilityof data, which is finally represented as departing from normal orbitsduring the running of the application programs, i.e. generating abnormalbehaviors.

To protect the security of data, a user generally installs a securitytool such as a firewall, an antivirus tool and the like in an operationsystem. These security tools generally will be provided with a blacklistand a whitelist, protecting the operation system by adopting the coreconcept of “black-or-white”.

Specifically, for trusted application programs in the whitelist, all thetrusted application programs are allowed to perform operations; and foruntrusted application programs in the blacklist, behaviors of theuntrusted application programs will be examined, and sensitivebehaviors, if appear, will be prompted to the user in a popup windowform.

For blacklist-and-whitelist mechanism, all behaviors of an applicationprogram added into the whitelist are trusted, thus making occurrence ofleaks easy. If an application program is not added into the whitelist,there are possibly many behaviors with false alarm of viruses, causingmany error operations and wastage of system resources.

For example, a certain application program is a text-edited program andis mainly used for editing, storing and printing documents, and normalbehaviors of the application program are represented as reading andwriting documents in document formats supported by the applicationprogram and operating a printer to perform printing. If it is found thatthe application program downloads an executable program via a networkand sets it as being run automatically upon startup by modifying aregister table, this is obviously an abnormal behavior, which ispossibly caused for having been attacked by macro viruses or Trojanprograms, also or, caused because the application program itself hasthis abnormal behavior for the purpose of forcibly popularizing theapplication program.

If the text-edited program is added into the whitelist, the aboveabnormal behavior is also allowed, thus causing a security leak. If itis not added into the whitelist, daily behaviors such as reading andwriting of documents, printing by a printer and the like are easilymisreported as viruses.

SUMMARY

In view of the foregoing defect, the disclosure is proposed to provide abehavior processing method based on application program and acorresponding behavior processing device based on application programwhich overcome the foregoing defect or at least partially solve ormitigate the foregoing defect.

According to one aspect of the disclosure, a behavior processing methodbased on application program is provided, comprising steps of:

when a startup operation of an application program is detected,acquiring behavior authorization information corresponding to theapplication program;monitoring behavior information of the application program; andprocessing the behavior information according to the behaviorauthorization information.

According to another aspect of the disclosure, a behavior processingdevice based on application program is provided, comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory;

wherein one or more programs are stored in the memory, and when executedby the one or more processors, the one or more programs cause the one ormore processors to:

when a startup operation of an application program is detected, acquirebehavior authorization information corresponding to the applicationprogram;

monitor behavior information of the application program; and

process the behavior information according to the behavior authorizationinformation.

According to yet another aspect of the disclosure, a computer program isprovided, comprising a computer readable code that, when run on acomputing device, causes the computing device to execute the behaviorprocessing method based on application program described above.

According to still another aspect of the disclosure, a non-transitorycomputer-readable medium is provided, the non-transitorycomputer-readable medium having computer programs stored thereon that,when executed by one or more processors of an electronic device, causethe electronic device to perform operations for processing behaviorbased on application program, the operations comprising:

when a startup operation of an application program is detected,acquiring behavior authorization information corresponding to theapplication program;

monitoring behavior information of the application program; and

processing the behavior information according to the behaviorauthorization information.

The disclosure produces the following advantageous effects:

An embodiment of the disclosure acquires behavior authorizationinformation corresponding to an application program when a startupoperation of the application program is detected, processes monitoredbehavior information of the application program according to thebehavior authorization information, and monitors an application programtaking a single behavior as an authorization unit by configuringbehavior authorization information for behaviors, thus avoidingmonitoring leaks caused by uniform configuration of authorization forthe application program in a whitelist and a backlist, so as to realizefine-gained authorization control, enhance the strength of protection,reduce potential threats, and also reduce a false alarm rate.

An embodiment of the disclosure updates and maintains behaviorauthorization information of an application program at a server, withoutneeding to locally configure behavior authorization information ofdifferent application programs, thus reducing resources occupied by alocal system, such that the server can rapidly make a response to abehavior change of the application program to modify the behaviorauthorization information, thus ensuring the accuracy of the behaviorauthorization information.

An embodiment of the disclosure locally configures behaviorauthorization basic information, which is configured according tobehavior authorization configuration information sent by a server, so asto obtain behavior authorization information of an application program.On the one hand, local authorization basic information can be obtainedby acquiring an authorization group identifier from the server, makingit unnecessary to acquire part of the behavior authorization informationrepeatedly from the server, thus reducing the transmission amount ofdata greatly, reducing occupied bandwidths and increasing a transmissionspeed of data; on the other hand, the server can timely make a feedbackto a behavior change of the application program, and modify the behaviorauthorization configuration information, thus ensuring the accuracy ofthe behavior authorization information of the application program.

An embodiment of the disclosure performs authentic and unauthenticoperations on behaviors of an application program according to whitelistbehavior information and blacklist behavior information, so as tofurther fine the hierarchy of authority, thereby improving the accuracyof behavior monitoring.

An embodiment of the disclosure gives a prompt as to an unmarkedbehavior, or, analyzes an unmarked behavior by a server, thereby furtherimproving the accuracy and the comprehensiveness of behavior monitoring.

The above descriptions are only a brief summary of the technicalsolution of the disclosure. For more clear comprehension of thetechnical means of the disclosure, the disclosure may be carried out inaccordance with the contents of the description; and to enable the aboveand other objects, features and advantages of the disclosure to be moreapparent and intelligible, detailed embodiments of the disclosure arehereby provided below.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

By reading the detailed description of the preferably selectedembodiments below, various other advantages and benefits become clearfor a person of ordinary skill in the art. The drawings are only usedfor showing the purpose of the preferred embodiments and are notintended to limit the present invention. And in the whole drawings, samedrawing reference signs are used for representing same components. Inthe drawings:

FIG. 1 schematically illustrates a schematic view of step flow of anembodiment of a behavior processing method based on application programaccording to one embodiment of the disclosure;

FIG. 2 schematically illustrates a block schematic view of an embodimentof a behavior processing device based on application program accordingto one embodiment of the disclosure;

FIG. 3 schematically illustrates a block diagram of a computing devicefor executing the method according to the disclosure; and

FIG. 4 schematically illustrates a storage unit for retaining orcarrying a procedure code for implementing the method according to thedisclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Hereinafter, the disclosure is further described in combination with thedrawings and the detailed embodiments.

Referring to FIG. 1, a schematic view of step flow of an embodiment of abehavior processing method based on application program according to oneembodiment of the disclosure, which specifically may comprise thefollowing steps 101-103, is schematically illustrated.

Step 101, when a startup operation of an application program isdetected, acquiring behavior authorization information corresponding tothe application program acquired.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, an application program currentlystarted may be triggered through a user's operation (for example, a usertriggers startup of an application program by double-clicking a shortcutwith a mouse by a user), may also be triggered by other applicationprograms or services (for example, when a download tool completesdownload of a file, a security tool may be invoked to perform a securityscan on the file), and may also be started in other manners. Theembodiment of the disclosure will not make any limitations hereto.

In detailed implementation, it is possible to, by a system functionspecified in a callback operation system, such asPsSetCreateProcessNotifyRoutine and so on, cause the operation system tonotify the system function, so as to know information such as processstart and exit of an application program and so on.

Of course, in the embodiment of the disclosure, it is also possible toacquire a timing and information of process startup of an applicationprogram by Hooking a system function such as CreateProcess and so on.The embodiment of the disclosure will not make any limitations hereto.

Upon detection of startup of an application program, a client canacquire behavior authorization information corresponding to theapplication program, so as to control a behavior of the applicationprogram, wherein the behavior authorization information can be used forrecording an authorization of a behavior of the correspondingapplication program.

In an alternative embodiment of the disclosure, the step 101 maycomprise the following sub-steps S11-S13.

Sub-step S11, extracting first feature information of the applicationprogram.

Upon detection of startup of an application program, a client canextract first feature information thereof.

The first feature information may be information representing a featureof an application program currently started, and specifically maycomprise ID (Identity), digital signature, hash (hash value) and so on.

Sub-step S12, sending the first feature information to a server.

By applying the embodiment of the disclosure, second feature informationof an application program to be detected can be extracted in advance,and the second feature information may be information representing theapplication program to be detected, and specifically may comprise ID(Identity), digital signature, hash (hash value) and so on.

In addition, a behavior of the application program to be detected may beanalyzed in advance/in real time, so as to configure authorizationinformation for second feature information of the application programaccording to an analysis result. An authorization owned by a behavior ofan application program corresponding to the second feature informationmay be recorded in the behavior authorization information. The behaviorauthorization information may be used for monitoring a behavior of theapplication program.

Specifically, the behavior authorization information may comprise atleast one of whitelist behavior information and blacklist behaviorinformation. Of course, for some application programs, behaviorauthorization information thereof may comprise only whitelist behaviorinformation, or, may comprise only blacklist behavior information. Theembodiment of the disclosure will not make any limitations hereto.

Upon analysis that a behavior of the application program to be detectedis authentic, behavior information of the behavior is added as featurebehavior information into whitelist behavior information correspondingto its second feature information, that is, whitelist behaviorinformation may be a set of authentic behaviors of a certain applicationprogram.

Upon analysis that a behavior of the application program to be detectedis unauthentic, behavior information of the behavior is added as featurebehavior information into blacklist behavior information correspondingto its second feature information, that is, blacklist behaviorinformation may be a set of unauthentic behaviors of a certainapplication program.

In actual applications, the application program to be detected maycomprise application programs involving an alarm behavior which areuploaded by a user. The application program to be detected is placed tobe run in a virtual machine, and involves alarm behaviors repeatedly,wherein if no abnormal behaviors are found, behaviors represented atthat time for which an alarm will be given can be added to whitelistbehavior information corresponding to second feature information of theapplication program.

Of course, a person skilled in the art may also initiatively collectdifferent application programs for analysis. The embodiment of thedisclosure will not make any limitations hereto.

Sub-step S13, receiving a behavior authorization informationcorresponding to preset second feature information, which is returned bythe server when it is judged that the first feature information matcheswith the second feature information.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, a client may send first featureinformation to a server, and it is detected by the server whether thefirst feature information matches with preset second featureinformation.

When the first feature information matches with the second featureinformation, it may be represented that the application programcurrently started has been analyzed previously, and the behaviorauthorization information is stored.

The server sends behavior authorization information corresponding to thesecond feature information to a client, and the client monitors abehavior of the application program currently started.

The embodiment of the disclosure updates and maintains behaviorauthorization information of an application program at a server, withoutneeding to locally configure behavior authorization information ofdifferent application programs, thus reducing resources occupied by alocal system, such that the server can rapidly make a response to abehavior change of the application program to modify the behaviorauthorization information, thus ensuring the accuracy of the behaviorauthorization information.

In another alternative embodiment of the disclosure, the step 101 maycomprise the following sub-steps S21-S25.

Sub-step S21, extracting first feature information of the applicationprogram.

Sub-step S22, sending the first feature information to a server.

Sub-step S23, receiving behavior authorization configuration informationand an authorization group identifier corresponding to preset secondfeature information, which are returned by the server when it is judgedthat the first feature information matches with the second featureinformation.

Sub-step S24, seeking for behavior authorization basic informationcorresponding to the authorization group identifier, which is presetlocally.

Sub-step S25, performing configuration on the behavior authorizationbasic information using the behavior authorization configurationinformation so as to obtain behavior authorization information.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, one or more authorization groupsmay be divided for application programs, each authorization group havinga unique authorization group identifier to perform recognition.

Application programs in each authorization group possibly have identicalor similar behaviors; however, a behavior of each application programgenerally also has a difference.

For example, both a download tool A and a download tool B willvoluntarily modify power-on startup items, and will also upload data atthe background; however, the download tool A performs upload via a 80port while the download tool B performs upload via a 21 port, andbesides, the download tool B will also invoke a security tool to performa security scan on a downloaded file, so the download tool A and thedownload tool B can be subordinate to an identical authorization group.

Thus in the one hand, behavior authorization basic information may beconfigured for each authorization group, and in behavior authorizationbasic information, authorizations owned by identical or similarbehaviors of the application programs in the authorization group may berecorded.

Specifically, the behavior authorization basic information may compriseat least one of whitelist behavior basic information and blacklistbehavior basic information.

Wherein, the whitelist behavior basic information may be a set ofauthentic, identical or similar behaviors of the application programs inthe authorization group; the blacklist behavior basic information may bea set of unauthentic, identical or similar behaviors of the applicationprograms in the authorization group.

For example, for the download tool A and the download tool B, sinceuploaded data are generally used for P2P (Peer-to-Peer) datatransmission, all the uploaded data are authentic; voluntarily modifyingpower-on startup items is not voluntarily requested by a user, and willoccupy system resources and thereby lower a power-on speed, so all thevoluntarily modified power-on startup items are unauthentic. Forauthorization groups to which the download tool A and the download toolB are subordinate, uploaded data may be written into the whitelistbehavior basic information, and the voluntarily modified power-onstartup items may be written into the blacklist behavior basicinformation.

It should be noted that a person skilled in the art can perform settingfor the whitelist behavior basic information and the blacklist behaviorbasic information according to actual circumstances. For example, abehavior of invoking a security tool by the download tool B isauthentic, and if most of other application programs in theauthorization group do not have this behavior, this behavior may not bewritten into the whitelist behavior basic information. The embodiment ofthe disclosure will not make any limitations hereto.

On the other hand, behavior authorization configuration information maybe configured for a specific application program, and in the behaviorauthorization configuration information, how to perform configurationfor behavior authorization basic information of an authorization groupto which the specific application program is subordinate may berecorded, so as to obtain behavior authorization information of thespecific application program.

Specifically, the behavior authorization configuration informationcomprises at least one of whitelist behavior addition information,whitelist behavior deletion information, whitelist behavior modificationinformation, blacklist behavior addition information, blacklist behaviordeletion information, and blacklist behavior modification information.

Wherein the whitelist behavior addition information may indicate addingspecified feature behavior information in whitelist behavior basicinformation;

the whitelist behavior deletion information may indicate deletingspecified feature behavior information in whitelist behavior basicinformation;

the whitelist behavior modification information may indicate modifyingspecified feature behavior information in whitelist behavior basicinformation;

the blacklist behavior addition information may indicate addingspecified feature behavior information in blacklist behavior basicinformation;

the blacklist behavior deletion information may indicate deletingspecified feature behavior information in blacklist behavior basicinformation;

the blacklist behavior modification information may indicate modifyingspecified feature behavior information in blacklist behavior basicinformation.

For example, if the behavior authorization basic information of theauthorization groups to which the download tool A and the download toolB are subordinate is as follows:

whitelist behavior basic information: uploading data (* port);

blacklist behavior basic information: voluntarily modifying power-onstartup items;

where, * is wildcard, and uploading data (* port) may represent that anyport is allowed to upload data,

then for the download tool A, on the basis of the behavior authorizationbasis information, it may be required to configure whitelist behaviormodification information, so as to modify “uploading data (* port)” to“uploading data (80 port)”, that is, use of 80 port to upload data isauthentic; and for the download data B, on the basis of the behaviorauthorization basis information, it may be required to configurewhitelist behavior modification information, so as to modify “uploadingdata (* port)” to “uploading data (21 port)”, that is, use of 21 port toupload data is authentic, and meanwhile whitelist behavior additioninformation is configured to add “invoking security tool” in whitelistbehavior basic information, such that a behavior of invoking a securitytool to perform a security scan on a downloaded file is authentic.

An embodiment of the disclosure locally configures behaviorauthorization basic information, which is configured according tobehavior authorization configuration information sent by a server, so asto obtain behavior authorization information of an application program.On the one hand, local authorization basic information can be obtainedby acquiring an authorization group identifier from the server, makingit unnecessary to acquire part of the behavior authorization informationrepeatedly from the server, thus reducing the transmission amount ofdata greatly, reducing occupied bandwidths and increasing a transmissionspeed of data; on the other hand, the server can timely make a feedbackto a behavior change of the application program, and modify the behaviorauthorization configuration information, thus ensuring the accuracy ofthe behavior authorization information of the application program.

In an alternative example of the embodiment of the disclosure, thesub-step S25 may comprise the following sub-steps:

sub-step S251, adding feature behavior information corresponding to thewhitelist behavior addition information in the whitelist behavior basicinformation.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, if the whitelist behavior additioninformation is received, specified behavior information (i.e., featurebehavior information) may be added in the whitelist behavior basicinformation.

For example, if the whitelist behavior addition information is“w+modifying startup items”, where “w” may indicate the whitelistbehavior basic information, “+” may indicates an addition operation and“modifying startup items” may be feature behavior information, then abehavior of modifying startup items is added in the whitelist behaviorbasic information.

In an alternative example of the embodiment of the disclosure, thesub-step S25 may comprise the following sub-steps:

sub-step S252, deleting feature behavior information corresponding tothe whitelist behavior deletion information in the whitelist behaviorbasic information.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, if the whitelist behavior deletioninformation is received, specified behavior information (i.e., featurebehavior information) may be deleted in the whitelist behavior basicinformation.

For example, if the whitelist behavior addition information is“w-modifying com interface”, where “w” may indicate the whitelistbehavior basic information, “−” may indicates a deletion operation and“modifying com interface” may be feature behavior information, then abehavior of modifying com interface is deleted in the whitelist behaviorbasic information.

In an alternative example of the embodiment of the disclosure, thesub-step S25 may comprise the following sub-steps:

sub-step S253, modifying feature behavior information in the whitelistbehavior basic information according to the whitelist behaviormodification information.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, if the whitelist behaviormodification information is received, specified behavior information(i.e., feature behavior information) in the whitelist behavior basicinformation may be modified.

For example, if the whitelist behavior basic information comprisesaccess network (url:*), and the whitelist behavior modificationinformation is “w|accessing network (url: hao.360.cn)”, where “w” mayindicate the whitelist behavior basic information, “|” may indicate amodification operation and “accessing network (url: hao.360.cn)” may bemodified information, then a behavior of accessing network (url: *) ismodified to accessing network (url: hao.360.cn) in the whitelistbehavior basic information.

In an alternative example of the embodiment of the disclosure, thesub-step S25 may comprise the following sub-steps:

sub-step S254, adding feature behavior information corresponding to theblacklist behavior addition information in the blacklist behavior basicinformation.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, if the blacklist behaviormodification information is received, specified behavior information(i.e., feature behavior information) may be added in the blacklistbehavior basic information.

For example, if the whitelist behavior addition information is “b+addinga drive program”, where “b” may indicate the blacklist behavior basicinformation, “+” may indicate an addition operation and “adding a driveprogram” may be feature behavior information, then a behavior of addinga drive program is added in the blacklist behavior basic information.

In an alternative example of the embodiment of the disclosure, thesub-step S25 may comprise the following sub-steps:

sub-step S255, deleting feature behavior information corresponding tothe blacklist behavior deletion information in the blacklist behaviorbasic information.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, if the blacklist behavior deletioninformation is received, specified behavior information (i.e. featurebehavior information) may be deleted in the blacklist behavior basicinformation.

For example, if the blacklist behavior deletion information is“b-sending a mail”, where “b” may indicate the blacklist behavior basicinformation, “−” may indicate a deletion operation and “sending a mail”may be feature behavior information, then a behavior of sending a mailis deleted in the blacklist behavior basic information.

In an alternative example of the embodiment of the disclosure, thesub-step S25 may comprise the following sub-steps:

sub-step S256, modifying feature behavior information in the blacklistbehavior basic information according to the blacklist behaviormodification information.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, if the blacklist behaviormodification information is received, specified behavior information(i.e. feature behavior information) in the blacklist behavior basicinformation may be modified.

For example, if the blacklist behavior basic information comprisesdeleting an application program (Id: *) and the blacklist behaviormodification information is “b| deleting an application program (Id:security tool)”, where “b” may indicate the blacklist behavior basicinformation, “|” may indicate a modification operation and “deleting anapplication program” may be feature behavior information, a behavior ofdeleting the application program (Id: *) is modified to deleting theapplication program (Id: security tool) in the blacklist behavior basicinformation.

Of course, the above behavior authorization configuration informationonly serves as an example. When implementing the embodiment of thedisclosure, other behavior authorization configuration information maybe set according to actual circumstances, and the embodiment of thedisclosure will not make any limitations hereto. In addition, besidesthe above behavior authorization configuration information, a personskilled in the art can also use other behavior authorizationconfiguration information according to actual requirements, and theembodiment of the disclosure will not make any limitations hereto.

It should be noted that a person skilled in the art can determine,according to actual circumstances, behaviors of which applicationprograms are authentic and behaviors of which application programs areunauthentic, and the embodiment of the disclosure will not make anylimitations hereto.

Sub-step 102, monitoring behavior information of the applicationprogram.

During actual applications, since the process of an application programgenerally implements operations on resources such as register tables,files and creation of other processes and so on by an API (ApplicationProgram Interface) function provided by an operation system, the objectof monitoring can be achieved by performing Hook on these APIs invokedby the process.

To enable a person skilled in the art to better understand theembodiment of the disclosure, descriptions are made below by using awindows operation system as an example of API Hook and service systemHook.

Generally, Hook may be divided into user mode API Hook and servicesystem Hook.

For the API Hook:

An LAT (import address table) is an important constituent part in a filein Portable Executable (PE) format under a windows platform, in whichnames of all system APIs that are possibly invoked in the PE fileexecution process are stored. At the time of running of the process ofan application program, its executable file is invoked into memory, andmeanwhile a PAI name of its IAT table will be mapped to a function bodyentrance address of a corresponding API in a current process control,and an API invoke made later by the process skips to the correspondingAPI function body by means of the IAT table.

Thus, the IAT table may be modified at the time of loading of theprocess, so as to divert an entrance address of an API to be interceptedto a new segment of code. This segment of code first records a functionname and a parameter invoked by the API, and then diverts to theoriginal real address of the API to continue the execution. That is, theobject of re-directing the API can be achieved by modifying an entranceaddress of an API function in an IAT of a memory map of the applicationprogram.

For example, API functions that operate register tables, files andcreation of other processes are as shown in Table 1.

TABLE 1 Object Operation API Function Register Creating and OpeningRegCreateKeyEx, RegOpenKeyEx Table Register Table Reading Register TableRegQueryInfoKey, RegQueryValue Writing Register Table RegSetValueExDeleting Register Table RegDeleteKey, RegDeleteValue File Creating andOpening CreatFile File Reading and Writing ReadFile, WriteFile File FileDeletion DeleteFile File Re-naming SHFileOperation Progress CreatingProcess CreateProcess Opening Process OpenProcess

For the service system Hook:

Windows operation modes are divided into a user mode and a kernel mode.All invokes of application programs APIs in the user mode enter thekernel mode by invoking a local system service based on NTDLL.dll, seekfor desired service function entrance addresses in corresponding systemservice tables according to loaded system service numbers by a systemservice scheduling table, and finally invoke system services in thekernel mode to perform real operations.

Thus, by Hooking system services to be monitored in the system servicetable to modify a system service function pointer required to bemonitored in the system service table to point to a self-defined systemservice function, access control within the range of the whole systemcan be implemented.

For example, service functions that operate register tables, files andcreation of other processes are as shown in Table 2.

TABLE 2 Object Operation API Function Register Creating and OpeningZwCreateKey, ZwOpenKey Table Register Table Reading RegisterZwQueryInfoKey, ZwQuery Value Table Writing Register Table ZwSetValueExDeleting Register ZwDeleteKey, ZwDeleteValue Table File Creating andOpening ZwCreatFile, ZwOpenFile File Reading and Writing ZwReadFile,ZwWriteFile File File Deletion ZwSetInformationFile File Re-namingZwSetInformationFile Progress Creating Process ZwCreateProcess,ZwCreateProcess Opening Process ZwOpenProcess

Step 103, processing the behavior information according to the behaviorauthorization information.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, upon receipt of the behaviorauthorization information returned by the server, the client can monitorbehaviors of the application process according to configurations forauthorizations of behaviors in the behavior authorization information.

In an alternative embodiment of the disclosure, the step 103 maycomprise the following sub-steps:

sub-step S31, when the behavior information matches with featurebehavior information in the behavior authorization information,performing an operation corresponding to the feature behaviorinformation.

By applying the embodiment of the disclosure, a corresponding processingmanner may be configured in advance for the feature behavior informationof the application program.

When behavior information corresponding to the feature behaviorinformation is detected, processing may be performed according to theprocessing manner set in advance.

In an alternative embodiment of the disclosure, the sub-step S31 maycomprise the following sub-steps:

sub-step S311, when the behavior information matches with featurebehavior information in the whitelist behavior information, allowingexecution of the behavior information.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, feature behavior information of anauthentic behavior, which has an executable authorization, may berecorded in the whitelist behavior information.

When it is detected that a behavior of a current application programmatches with feature behavior information in the whitelist behaviorinformation, the execution of the behavior is allowed according to theexecutable authorization.

In an alternative embodiment of the disclosure, the sub-step S31 maycomprise the following sub-steps:

sub-step S312, when the behavior information matches with featurebehavior information in the blacklist behavior information, generatingfirst prompt information with respect to the behavior information.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, feature behavior information of anunauthentic behavior, which has a non-executable authorization, may berecorded in the blacklist behavior information.

When it is detected that a behavior of a current application programmatches with feature behavior information in the blacklist behaviorinformation, the execution of the behavior is intercepted according tothe non-executable authorization, and first prompt information isgenerated; for example, text information “Application program C issending a mail, possibly stealing passwords, whether to prevent” isgenerated, and a red background color and controls “YES” and “NO” areconfigured, so as to prompt a user that a dangerous behavior is beingexecuted.

If an operation instruction of allowing execution which is returned withrespect to the first prompt information is received, for example, theuser clicks the control “NO”, the execution of the behavior may beallowed.

If an operation instruction of prohibiting execution which is returnedwith respect to the first prompt information is received, for example,the user clicks the control “YES”, the execution of the behavior isintercepted.

The embodiment of the disclosure performs authentic and unauthenticoperations on behaviors of an application program according to whitelistbehavior information and blacklist behavior information, so as tofurther fine the hierarchy of authority, thereby improving the accuracyof behavior monitoring.

In an alternative embodiment of the disclosure, the step 103 maycomprise the following sub-steps:

sub-step S41, when the behavior information does not match with featurebehavior information in the behavior authorization information,generating second prompt information with respect to the behaviorinformation.

In the implementation of the disclosure, if a behavior of theapplication program is not recorded previously in the behaviorauthorization information, for example neither matches with the featurebehavior information in the whitelist behavior information nor matcheswith the feature behavior information in the blacklist behaviorinformation, the client may generate second prompt information withrespect to the behavior, for example “application program D is modifyingsystem sensitive startup items, whether to prevent”, so as to prompt theuser that a behavior sensitive is being executed.

If an operation instruction of allowing execution which is returned withrespect to the second prompt information is received, for example, theuser clicks the control “NO”, the execution of the behavior may beallowed.

If an operation instruction of prohibiting execution which is returnedwith respect to the second prompt information is received, for example,the user clicks the control “YES”, the execution of the behavior isintercepted.

In an alternative embodiment of the disclosure, the step 103 maycomprise the following sub-steps S51-S53.

Sub-step S51, when the behavior information does not match with featurebehavior information in the behavior authorization information, sendinginformation of the application program and the behavior information to aserver.

Sub-step S52, receiving operation information with respect to theinformation of the application program and the behavior information,which is returned by the server.

Sub-step S53, performing an operation according to the operationinformation.

In the implementation of the disclosure, if a behavior of theapplication program is not recorded previously in the behaviorauthorization information, for example neither matches with the featurebehavior information in the whitelist behavior information nor matcheswith the feature behavior information in the blacklist behaviorinformation, the client uploads related conditions of the behavior tothe server, the server performs processing and returns operationinformation, and the client performs operations according to thereturned operation information.

For example, when the server obtains through analysis that the currentbehavior possibly reads account passwords of the user such that it ishighly dangerous, blocking (an example of freezing and lockingbehaviors) may be returned, and the client intercepts the execution ofthe behavior according to the blocking.

The embodiment of the disclosure gives a prompt as to an unmarkedbehavior, or, analyzes an unmarked behavior by a server, thereby furtherimproving the accuracy and the comprehensiveness of behavior monitoring.

The embodiment of the disclosure acquires behavior authorizationinformation corresponding to an application program when a startupoperation of the application program is detected, processes monitoredbehavior information of the application program according to thebehavior authorization information, monitors an application programtaking a single behavior as an authorization unit by configuringauthorization information for behaviors, thus avoiding monitoring leakscaused by uniform configuration of authorization for the applicationprogram in a whitelist and a backlist, so as to realize fine-gainedauthorization control, enhance the strength of protection, reducepotential threats, and also make it possible to reduce a false alarmrate.

To simplify descriptions, all method embodiments are expressed as aseries of action combinations. However, a person skilled in the artshould appreciate that the embodiments of the disclosure are not limitedto the action order as described for the following reasons: inaccordance with the embodiment of the disclosure, some steps may beperformed in other orders or simultaneously; moreover, a person skilledin the art should also appreciate that all the embodiments as describedin the description are preferred embodiments, and the actions involvedare not necessarily needed for the embodiments of the disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 2, a block schematic view of an embodiment of abehavior processing device based on application program according to oneembodiment of the disclosure, which may specifically comprise thefollowing modules, is schematically illustrated:

an authorization information 201 acquiring module adapted to, when astartup operation of an application program is detected, acquirebehavior authorization information corresponding to the applicationprogram;

a behavior information monitoring module 202 adapted to monitor behaviorinformation of the application program; and

a processing module 203 adapted to process the behavior informationaccording to the behavior authorization information.

In a preferred embodiment of the disclosure, the authorizationinformation acquiring module 201 may be further adapted to:

extract first feature information of the application program;

send the first feature information to a server; and

receive behavior authorization information corresponding to presetsecond feature information, which is returned by the server when it isjudged that the first feature information matches with the secondfeature information.

In a preferred embodiment of the disclosure, the authorizationinformation acquiring module 201 may be further adapted to:

extract first feature information of the application program;

send the first feature information to a server; and

receive behavior authorization configuration information and anauthorization group identifier corresponding to preset second featureinformation, which are returned by the server when it is judged that thefirst feature information matches with the second feature information;

seek for behavior authorization basic information corresponding to theauthorization group identifier, which is preset locally; and

perform configuration on the behavior authorization basic informationusing the behavior authorization configuration information so as toobtain the behavior authorization information.

In a preferred embodiment of the disclosure, the behavior authorizationinformation comprises at least one of whitelist behavior information andblacklist behavior information;

the behavior authorization configuration information may comprise atleast one of whitelist behavior addition information, whitelist behaviordeletion information, whitelist behavior modification information,blacklist behavior addition information, blacklist behavior deletioninformation, and blacklist behavior modification information; and

the behavior authorization basic information may comprise at least oneof whitelist behavior basic information and blacklist behavior basicinformation.

In a preferred embodiment of the disclosure, the authorizationinformation acquiring module 201 may be further adapted to:

add feature behavior information corresponding to the whitelist behavioraddition information in the whitelist behavior basic information.

In a preferred embodiment of the disclosure, the authorizationinformation acquiring module 201 may be further adapted to:

delete feature behavior information corresponding to the whitelistbehavior deletion information in the whitelist behavior basicinformation.

In a preferred embodiment of the disclosure, the authorizationinformation acquiring module 201 may be further adapted to:

modify feature behavior information in the whitelist behavior basicinformation according to the whitelist behavior modificationinformation.

In a preferred embodiment of the disclosure, the authorizationinformation acquiring module 201 may be further adapted to:

add feature behavior information corresponding to the blacklist behavioraddition information in the blacklist behavior basic information.

In a preferred embodiment of the disclosure, the authorizationinformation acquiring module 201 may be further adapted to:

delete feature behavior information corresponding to the blacklistbehavior deletion information in the blacklist behavior basicinformation.

In a preferred embodiment of the disclosure, the authorizationinformation acquiring module 201 may be further adapted to:

modify feature behavior information in the blacklist behavior basicinformation according to the blacklist behavior modificationinformation.

In a preferred embodiment of the disclosure, the processing module 203may be further adapted to:

when the behavior information matches with feature behavior informationin the behavior authorization information, perform an operationcorresponding to the feature behavior information.

In a preferred embodiment of the disclosure, the processing module 203may be further adapted to:

when the behavior information matches with feature behavior informationin the whitelist behavior information, allow execution of the behaviorinformation.

In a preferred embodiment of the disclosure, the processing module 203may be further adapted to:

when the behavior information matches with feature behavior informationin the blacklist behavior information, generate first prompt informationwith respect to the behavior information.

In a preferred embodiment of the disclosure, the processing module 203may be further adapted to:

when the behavior information does not match with feature behaviorinformation in the behavior authorization information, generate secondprompt information with respect to the behavior information.

In a preferred embodiment of the disclosure, the processing module 203may be further adapted to:

when the behavior information does not match with feature behaviorinformation in the behavior authorization information, send informationof the application program and the behavior information to a server;

receive operation information with respect to the information of theapplication program and the behavior information, which is returned bythe server; and

perform an operation according to the operation information.

As to device embodiments, the device embodiments are relatively simplydescribed since they are essentially similar to the method embodiments,and for related parts, please refer to the descriptions made in the partof the method embodiments.

The various components embodiments of the disclosure can be realized byhardware, or realized by software modules running on one or moreprocessors, or realized by combination thereof. A person skilled in theart should understand that microprocessor or digital signal processor(DSP) can be used for realizing some or all functions of some or allcomponents of the behavior processing device based on applicationprogram according to the embodiments in the disclosure in practice. Thedisclosure can also realize one part of or all devices or programs (forexample, computer programs and computer program products) used forcarrying out the method described here. Such programs for realizing thedisclosure can be stored in computer readable medium, or can possess oneor more forms of signal. Such signals can be downloaded from theInternet website or be provided at signal carriers, or be provided inany other forms.

For example, FIG. 3 shows a computing device, e.g. an applicationserver, for executing the behavior processing based on applicationprogram according to the disclosure. The computing device traditionallycomprises a processor 310 and a computer program product or a computerreadable medium in the form of storage 320. The storage 320 can beelectronic storage such as flash memory, EEPROM (Electrically ErasableProgrammable Read-Only Memory), EPROM, hard disk or ROM, and the like.Storage 320 possesses storage space 330 for carrying out procedure code331 of any steps of aforesaid method. For example, storage space 330 forstoring procedure code can comprise various procedure codes 331 used forrealizing any steps of aforesaid method. These procedure codes can beread out from one or more computer program products or write in one ormore computer program products. The computer program products compriseprocedure code carriers such as hard disk, Compact Disc (CD), memorycard or floppy disk and the like. These computer program productsusually are portable or fixed storage cell as said in FIG. 4. Thestorage cell can possess memory paragraph, storage space like thestorage 320 in the computing device in FIG. 3. The procedure code can becompressed in, for example, a proper form. Generally, storage cellcomprises computer readable code 331′, i.e. the code can be read byprocessors such as 310 and the like. When the codes run on a computerdevice, the computer device will carry out various steps of the methoddescribed above.

The “an embodiment”, “embodiments” or “one or more embodiments” referredhere mean being included in at least one embodiment in the disclosurecombining specific features, structures or features described in theembodiments. In addition, please note that the phrase “in an embodiment”not necessarily mean a same embodiment.

The description provided here explains plenty of details. However, itcan be understood that the embodiments of the disclosure can beimplemented without these specific details. The known methods, structureand technology are not shown in detail in some embodiments, so as not toobscure the understanding of the description.

It should be noticed that the embodiments are intended to illustrate thedisclosure and not limit this disclosure, and a person skilled in theart can design substitute embodiments without departing from the scopeof the appended claims. In the claims, any reference marks betweenbrackets should not be constructed as limit for the claims. The word“comprise” does not exclude elements or steps that are not listed in theclaims. The word “a” or “one” before the elements does not exclude thatmore such elements exist. The disclosure can be realized by means ofhardware comprising several different elements and by means of properlyprogrammed computer. In the unit claims several devices are listed,several of the devices can be embodied by a same hardware item. The useof words first, second and third does not mean any sequence. These wordscan be explained as name.

In addition, it should be noticed that the language used in thedisclosure is chosen for the purpose of readability and teaching,instead of for explaining or limiting the topic of the disclosure.Therefore, it is obvious for a person skilled in the art to make a lotof modification and alteration without departing from the scope andspirit of the appended claims. For the scope of the disclosure, thedisclosure is illustrative instead of restrictive. The scope of thedisclosure is defined by the appended claims.

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 33. A behavior processing method based on applicationprogram, comprising steps of: when a startup operation of an applicationprogram is detected, acquiring behavior authorization informationcorresponding to the application program; monitoring behaviorinformation of the application program; and processing the behaviorinformation according to the behavior authorization information.
 34. Themethod according to claim 33, wherein, the step of acquiring behaviorauthorization information corresponding to the application programcomprises: extracting first feature information of the applicationprogram; sending the first feature information to a server; andreceiving behavior authorization information corresponding to presetsecond feature information, which is returned by the server when judgingthat the first feature information matches with the second featureinformation.
 35. The method according to claim 33, wherein, the step ofacquiring behavior authorization information corresponding to theapplication program comprises: extracting first feature information ofthe application program; sending the first feature information to aserver; and receiving behavior authorization configuration informationand an authorization group identifier corresponding to preset secondfeature information, which are returned by the server when it is judgedthat the first feature information matches with the second featureinformation; seeking for behavior authorization basic informationcorresponding to the authorization group identifier, which is presetlocally; and performing configuration on the behavior authorizationbasic information using the behavior authorization configurationinformation so as to obtain the behavior authorization information. 36.The method according to claim 35, wherein, the behavior authorizationinformation comprises at least one of whitelist behavior information andblacklist behavior information; the behavior authorization configurationinformation comprises at least one of whitelist behavior additioninformation, whitelist behavior deletion information, whitelist behaviormodification information, blacklist behavior addition information,blacklist behavior deletion information, and blacklist behaviormodification information; and the behavior authorization basicinformation comprises at least one of whitelist behavior basicinformation and blacklist behavior basic information.
 37. The methodaccording to claim 36, wherein, the step of performing configuration onthe behavior authorization basic information using the behaviorauthorization configuration information so as to obtain the behaviorauthorization information comprises: adding feature behavior informationcorresponding to the whitelist behavior addition information in thewhitelist behavior basic information; deleting feature behaviorinformation corresponding to the whitelist behavior deletion informationin the whitelist behavior basic information; modifying feature behaviorinformation in the whitelist behavior basic information according to thewhitelist behavior modification information; adding feature behaviorinformation corresponding to the blacklist behavior addition informationin the blacklist behavior basic information; deleting feature behaviorinformation corresponding to the blacklist behavior deletion informationin the blacklist behavior basic information; or modifying featurebehavior information in the blacklist behavior basic informationaccording to the blacklist behavior modification information.
 38. Themethod according to claim 36, wherein, the step of processing thebehavior information according to the behavior authorization informationcomprises: when the behavior information matches with feature behaviorinformation in the behavior authorization information, performing anoperation corresponding to the feature behavior information.
 39. Themethod according to claim 38, wherein, the step of, when the behaviorinformation matches with feature behavior information in the behaviorauthorization information, performing an operation corresponding to thefeature behavior information, comprises: when the behavior informationmatches with feature behavior information in the whitelist behaviorinformation, allowing execution of the behavior information.
 40. Themethod according to claim 38, wherein, the step of, when the behaviorinformation matches with feature behavior information in the behaviorauthorization information, performing an operation corresponding to thefeature behavior information, comprises: when the behavior informationmatches with feature behavior information in the blacklist behaviorinformation, generating first prompt information with respect to thebehavior information.
 41. The method according to claim 33, wherein, thestep of processing the behavior information according to the behaviorauthorization information comprises: when the behavior information doesnot match with feature behavior information in the behaviorauthorization information, generating second prompt information withrespect to the behavior information.
 42. The method according to claim33, wherein, the step of processing the behavior information accordingto the behavior authorization information comprises: when the behaviorinformation does not match with feature behavior information in thebehavior authorization information, sending information of theapplication program and the behavior information to a server; receivingoperation information with respect to the information of the applicationprogram and the behavior information, which is returned by the server;and performing an operation according to the operation information. 43.A behavior processing device based on application program, comprising:one or more processors; and a memory; wherein one or more programs arestored in the memory, and when executed by the one or more processors,the one or more programs cause the one or more processors to: when astartup operation of an application program is detected, acquirebehavior authorization information corresponding to the applicationprogram; monitor behavior information of the application program; andprocess the behavior information according to the behavior authorizationinformation.
 44. The device according to claim 43, wherein the one ormore processors are further caused to: extract first feature informationof the application program; send the first feature information to aserver; and receive behavior authorization information corresponding topreset second feature information, which is returned by the server whenit is judged that the first feature information matches with the secondfeature information.
 45. The device according to claim 43, wherein theone or more processors are further caused to: extract first featureinformation of the application program; send the first featureinformation to a server; and receive behavior authorizationconfiguration information and an authorization group identifiercorresponding to preset second feature information, which are returnedby the server when it is judged that the first feature informationmatches with the second feature information; seek for behaviorauthorization basic information corresponding to the authorization groupidentifier, which is preset locally; and perform configuration on thebehavior authorization basic information using the behaviorauthorization configuration information so as to obtain the behaviorauthorization information.
 46. The device according to claim 45, whereinthe behavior authorization information comprises at least one ofwhitelist behavior information and blacklist behavior information; thebehavior authorization configuration information comprises at least oneof whitelist behavior addition information, whitelist behavior deletioninformation, whitelist behavior modification information, blacklistbehavior addition information, blacklist behavior deletion information,and blacklist behavior modification information; and the behaviorauthorization basic information comprises at least one of whitelistbehavior basic information and blacklist behavior basic information. 47.The device according to claim 46, wherein, the one or more processorsare further caused to: add feature behavior information corresponding tothe whitelist behavior addition information in the whitelist behaviorbasic information; delete feature behavior information corresponding tothe whitelist behavior deletion information in the whitelist behaviorbasic information; modify feature behavior information in the whitelistbehavior basic information according to the whitelist behaviormodification information; add feature behavior information correspondingto the blacklist behavior addition information in the blacklist behaviorbasic information; delete feature behavior information corresponding tothe blacklist behavior deletion information in the blacklist behaviorbasic information; or modify feature behavior information in theblacklist behavior basic information according to the blacklist behaviormodification information.
 48. The device according to claim 46, the oneor more processors are further caused to: when the behavior informationmatches with feature behavior information in the behavior authorizationinformation, perform an operation corresponding to the feature behaviorinformation.
 49. The device according to claim 48, wherein, the one ormore processors are further caused to: when the behavior informationmatches with feature behavior information in the whitelist behaviorinformation, allow execution of the behavior information, or when thebehavior information matches with feature behavior information in theblacklist behavior information, generate first prompt information withrespect to the behavior information.
 50. The device according to claim43, wherein the one or more processors are further caused to: when thebehavior information does not match with feature behavior information inthe behavior authorization information, generate second promptinformation with respect to the behavior information.
 51. The deviceaccording to claim 43, wherein the one or more processors are furthercaused to: when the behavior information does not match with featurebehavior information in the behavior authorization information, sendinformation of the application program and the behavior information to aserver; receive operation information with respect to the information ofthe application program and the behavior information, which is returnedby the server; and perform an operation according to the operationinformation.
 52. A non-transitory computer-readable medium havingcomputer programs stored thereon that, when executed by one or moreprocessors of an electronic device, cause the electronic device toperform operations for processing behavior based on application program,the operations comprising: when a startup operation of an applicationprogram is detected, acquiring behavior authorization informationcorresponding to the application program; monitoring behaviorinformation of the application program; and processing the behaviorinformation according to the behavior authorization information.